Career
He is currently President Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Harita Group, which has companies in palm oil and mining. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore-listed palm oil company Bumitama Agriculture Gunawan was born in 1960 in the town of Samarinda, Kalimantan Indonesia.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 1981 and started his career in 1982, helping his father in the family"s timber business.
He later expanded his business into gold mining, coal mining, palm oil plantations, nickel mining and bauxite mining. Gunawan built his business through organic growth, strategic joint venture partnerships and also through acquisitions.
He is an avid golfer and singer, and has produced 3 of his own music Civil Defense albums to date.
